Frogs begin eight game road trip at #18 Oklahoma
4/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 3, 2007
FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 28 TCU Horned Frogs will open up an eight game road swing Tuesday night when they head to Norman, Okla. for the first of two meetings against No. 18 Oklahoma. Tyler Lockwood is slated to make his third start of the season. Game time at L. Dale Mitchell Park is set for 7 p.m.Frogs on the Internet
Baseball fans unable to make it to Mitchell Field Tuesday night can follow the game live on Gametracker or listen to the game on the Internet. Chuck LaMendola will call all the action live from the ballpark.
TCU NOTABLES
• The Frogs went 3-1 last week with a series sweep of UC Santa Barbara at home.
• The Frogs finished the month of March with a 13-4 record.
• TCU was led at the plate by Keith Conlon's .400 batting average.
• The Frogs lead the league with 28 home runs, with seven coming last week.
• Andrew Walker, Austin Adams and Corey Steglich each drove in six runs last week.
• The Frogs are hitting a league best .309 as a team and have improved their fielding percentage to .967.
• They rank third in the league with a 4.17 team ERA.
ROAD NOTES
• The Frogs are playing in their 10th game on an opponents' field.
• TCU is 7-8 away from Lupton Stadium.
• TCU is 43-40 on the road under Coach Schlossnagle.
OKLAHOMA NOTABLES
• The Sooners are 21-9 on the season and 2-2 in their last four games.
• They went 1-2 against Top 10 Texas in Austin this past weekend.
• Offensively they are hitting .301 as a team with 17 home runs.
• They have a 3.48 team ERA but have surrendered 19 home runs.
• Outfielder Joe Dunigan is the leading hitter with a .366 average.
SERIES BASE KNOCKS
• TCU and OU are longtime foes as this marks the 78th meeting all-time.
• Oklahoma leads the series 53-24-0.
• The teams played four times last year and TCU's lone win was game one of the NCAA Regional played in Norman.
• The Frogs are just 3-5 against the Sooners under Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle.
• The Frogs are 2-3 in Norman under Schlossnagle.
